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J. R. PINL Y. V WHIFFLETREB CLIP. No. 244,967. Patented July 26,1881.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES FINLEY, OF DELPHI, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND JOHN GARLL, OF SAME PLACE.

WHIVFFLETREYE-CLIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 244,967, dated July 26, 1881.

Application filed May 4, 1881. (N0 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES R. FINLEY, of

' Delphi, in the countyof Carroll and State of Indiana, have invented certain'new and useful had to the accompanying drawings, and to the lettersof reference marked thereon, which-form part of this specification, in which' Figure 1 is a perspective, and Fig. 2 a view showing the ferrule in section and a side elevation of the single-tree. Y V l The objects I have in view are to cheapen the ironing of single-trees and provide such means for securing the trace-hook thereto that the two parts may not become disconnected.

My invention consists in providing the singletree with a ferrule having lugs between which the ring of the hook is placed, and thus preventing the hook becoming detached from the sin gle-tree, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

To enable others skilled in the art to avail themselves of the benefits arising from'my invention, I will now describe its construction and operation.

A represents the single-tree, and B the ferrule, which is formed or cast with lugs d d. These lugs should be located near the inner end of the ferrule, as fullj shown in the drawings.

0 represents a screw by means of which the ferrule is secured on the end of the single-tree.

(l is a hook formed with a ring at its opposite .end. This ring is of sufficient diameter to reach from the bottom of'the slot between the lugs d d obliquely to the lower inner end of the ferrule, as seen in Fig. 2. Thus when properly adjusted in place it will there be confined and prevented from sliding or slipping either to the right or left. The end of the hook may be bent inward, as usual, in order to prevent the trace from becoming easily detached therefrom.

After the ferrule B has been constructed as described, and before it is screwed to the sin gletree, I slip the ring-hook between the lugs, after which the ferrule is fitted on the end of the single-tree and the screw 0 inserted, as shown in Fig. 2. Thus it will be seen that in the event of the single-tree breaking the ferrule may be easily removed and fitted to a new one.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,"is-- The combination, with a whifflet-ree, of the removable ferrule B, having lugs d dcast or formedthereon near its inner end, and the hook G, for connecting the whiffletree to the trace, formed with a ring at its opposite end to encircle the ferrule between the lugs, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I affix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

JAMES R. FINLEY.

Witnesses:

E. M. BOSARD, W. A. REINHART. 

